Ice-cream cabinet



P. FRITZ.

ICE CREAM CABINET.

APPmcATIoN FILED Nov. 2|, 1921.

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ICE CREAM CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2l, I92I.

Patented Nov. 14,

-S H E E 2 SHEETS u @I @Mr Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

PHILIP FRITZ, or GRANURAPIDS, MICHIGAN.l

Ion-CREAM CABINET.

Appncan'en medgnovember 21, 1921. serial No. 516,527.-

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PHILIP FRITZ, a citizen' of the United States of America, 'residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new vand useful Improvements in 'Ice- Cream Cabinets; land I do hereby declare thev following to be a full, clear, and exact de.- scription ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains toY make and use the same.

This invention relates to an ice cream cabinet for the holding and keeping of ice cream. Cabinets ofl this kind are used for keeping ice cream in brickl form many times, and also in many cases for keeping both brick and bulk ice cream at the same time and refrigerate and keep bothkinds cold by use of thev same ice. It is a primary object and purpose'of the invention to construct a cabinet. by means of which the above named ends are attained, and. at thesame time so construct the cabinet that the brick containing cabinet portion is 'always sealed against the entrance of ice or water thereinto and held firmly in position bybeing fastened at both its upper `and lower ends against any tendency to floating .which may occur' after the ice is more or less melted. .A further objectof the invention is 'to construct them cabinet so' that `the -ice or similar refrigerating material can be readily` placed -in the .cabinet around the brick container with the vbrick container',k fully covered and insured agalnst the entrance of any ice,wat'er or salt therein. A

still further object lof the invention is to ,l

construct the cabinet with a protected. metal lining which is covered so as to protect the metal-against contact with the salty water on its inner sides or from moisture on its outer sides which have a tendency to corrode and rust the lining 'from either side so as to destroy the usefulness thereof in comparatively short time, and further. to protect this protective material on the inner sides of the lining so that it cannot be scraped `olf or otherwise removed in the handling of the cabi-v nets as in fillin the same with ice and packing the same within the cabinets. These -and various other features with constructions for accomplishing the same will appearas understanding of the invention is vhad from the followingvdescription, taken inv connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fignl is a longitudinal vertical section taken through .a cabinet made in accordance withmy invention.

Fig. 2 isa plan of the cabinet, with parts broken away and in section to better show .the construction, and I Fig. 3 isa fragmentary enlarged vertical section illustrating the manner of covering the metal lining for protection thereof;

Like reference characters refer lto like parts inthe different figures of the draw- 1n s.

n the construction of the cabinet, an outer casing, which may be off' wood' is made, comprising a bottom 1 andv vertical ends 2 .and slides 3, within which suitable insulating material, as 4, which may be cork or equivalent materiah'isyplaced between the outer casingand the lining which will be later described. Bars 5 of a width substantially equal to the thickness ofthe insulating material are placed above the same within the sides and ends of the casing and secured in' place, above which narrower'bars 6 are located against the sides and ends 2 and of the casing and with their upper 'sides substantially flush with the upper edges of said sides and ends ofthe casing. A frame 7 'having side land end bars lying over the bars 6 and the upper edges of the sides and ends of the casing isplaced `around the upper edges ef the cabinet casing and permanently secured in position as shown.

The lining for the cabinet isof suitable sheet metal, including a bottom 8 and vertical sides and ends 9 which, attheir. upper edges are turned outwardly t'o form l1ps10i passing above the bars 5 and covered with v finishing strips 11 located inside of the bars lfillsthe space between thelining and the inner sides of the-bottom and -vertical walls ofthe outer casing of the cabinet. The

outer sides of theH lining, before it is secured in the cabinet, is covered with an asphaltic ,pitch indicated at 12 andl is likewise covered with the same composition, as indicated at 13. This composition. ycovers the lining on both sides completely, is impervious yto moisture and completely proftectsthe metal liningfrom action thereon by` moisture, brine -and they like. In order to keep' the pitch composition from being scratched or otherwise cut through and taken of on the inner sides, l cover the bottom of' the lining on its inner side with a wood covering 14 andthe sides and vends with a wood covering 15, relatively thin,

nails 16 being passed the covering 15 at the upper edges and through the lining sides vand ends 9 into. the bars 5." rllhe bottom I14 at its edges is cut away on its upper-.slde to form grooves,.indicated at 14a to receive `.the lower edge portions of the parts 15, holding them in place at their lower ends and at the same time locking the bottom 14 1n place.

Substantially at vthe middle of the cabinet a cross board 17 is located extending be tween 'and over the side bars of the upper frame 7 and being permanently Secured thereto by screws18 or other equivalent fastenings. vThis member has a central opening 19 therethrough which is adapted to be closed by a removable coverl 20. On the under side of the member 17 and around the opening 19 therethrough, the material is cut away to make a somewhat-larger opening at thelower portion and providing a ledge .21 against which or adjacent whichthe upper edges of a neck 22'o a'brick containing receptacle 23 are adapted to come,the lower" end of said receptacle restingon the `bot-5 tom board 14 and held in position by any suitable rack bars 24 las shown. lit is eviholdin dent that the ice cream brick receptacle 23 has its upper end practically sealed except for entrance' through the opening 19 in thel fixed member 17. Y

The cabinet is open at each side of the member 17, which openings are designed to be closed by removable covers 25, each havingan opening 26 therethrough `which may be cl sed by a cover therefor, indicated at 27. elow these openin s receptacles 28 for ice creamin bulk may be placed in theca inet,.one at each side of the central brick holding receptacle 23.

`lin filling the cabinet with ice, the bulk receptacles 28 'having removable covers thereon (not shown) in accordance with the usual practice, are ,placed at eachv end `or,

the c inet, the covers 25 being .removed and the ice. withits mixture-of .salt placed in the cabinet over and around the bulk receptacles28 and around the brick receptacle 23, it being evident that the cabinet may be entirely filled with the freezing'mixture ofice l.and salt, after which the covers -25 are replacedftogether with their auxiliar covers 27 The .bulk -cream is removed. rom the receptacles `28 in the usual manner, and

' whenever a brick or bricks of cream are to be sold, the cover 20 is removed the bricks taken fromv vreceptacle 23. rlFhe brick receptacle widens downwardly from the upper neck portion, preferably so that when the cabinet is iced themixture or ice and salt comes partly over the upper portion of the receptacle, aiding in the refrigerating ac- It is evident that the cabinet described is very practical and eiiicient in service and is particularly durable in its construction owing to the protection to the metal entering into its construction. The a'isphaltic pitch coating for the metal lining protects the metal completely 'from ,contact wiith Emoisture, brine and the like, and the pitch cannot vbe scratched or otherwise broken or removed owing to its inaccessibility, being covered both on the outsideAand inside. rThe brick receptacle is particularly clean and sanitary, and the icing ofthe cabinet is as easy as with any cabinet for use in holding gov.

ice cream. The brick receptacle 23, held at I both top and bottom as described', cannot be moved out of place from pressure of the ice against it at' any one side more than at another, such as may occur as the ice is packed around the same by use of a acking bar. lf'not thus firmly held, the rick receptacle is practically sure to be moved out of place. the appended claims and l consider it .to comprehendall modifications in structure coming within the scope of the claims.

LA cabinet having bottom, sides and endsand van open upper end, a membei` arrllhe invention is defined in tially covering the upper end of the cabinet. l

and permanently secured thereto, said member h avln a recess in its urider side and an opening t erein smaller than the recess, a receptacle having an open upper end located in the cabinet, the upper edges of the 're-A ceptacle kentering said recess and the open upper end of the receptaclebeing directly under the opening through-'said membera movable cover member for completing the closure of the upper end of the cabinet and v which is adapted to be movedfto permit the entrance of ice into the-cabinet and around the receptacle, and means toV close the o ening inthe firstpermanently secured mein r.

2. A. cabinet having lbottom, and vertical sldes and'ends,.a covering member located across the open upper end of the cabinet and permanently secured to said cabinet, said 'covering member having a recess in its V,under side and an opening therethrough of less size than the outer dimensions of the recess, a receptacle having 'an open upper end located in the cabinet, with the upper edges thereof seatedin said recess, two movable cover members for covering the upper end of the cabinet one at each side ofthe xed member, said movable cover\members being movable to position to open the upper end of the cabinet for the entrance of ice into the cabinet at `each side of the receptacle, and lmeans for closing the/opening in the fixed coveringmember.

3. In a cabinet having an open upper side, a covering member extending across the upper side of the cabinet between its ends and permanently secured thereto, leaving open portions at each side, said member having a recess on its under side and an opening therethrough' above said recess, a receptacleprovided with a' neck at its upper end and Haring outwardly to both sides below the neck located in the cabinet between the cover member and the bottom ofthe cabinet, the upper edge portions of the narrow member located across the open upper side of the cabinet. and permanently secured at its ends thereto, said member having a recess in its under side andan opening therethrough of smaller size than the outer dimensions of the recess, a receptacle located between the bottom ofthe cabinet and the saidl member, its upper edges `seating'in said recess, movable cover mem-- bers located one at each side of said meml ber and completing the closure for the upper thebottom, sides and ends of the casing,

heat insulating material located between the lining and casing, a protective composition covering the lining on its inner andA outer sides, and a coverin on the inner sides, ends and bottom ofthe lining over the protective composition.

6. A cabinet comprisingan outer casing having a bottom and vertical'sides andends,

a metal lining fixed in the cabinet, 'a protectlve com-position coverin the lining on its inner sides, anda covering over `said protective composition permanently secured in the cabinet. y. In testimony whereof I aix my vsi nature.`

` PHILIP F ITZ. 

